BrainKeeper vs. PBwiki vs. ikiwiki vs. PhpWiki

General Features BrainKeeper PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Version
N/A
N/A
2.67
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
N/A
N/A
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
Author
BrainKeeper, Inc.
PBworks
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
N/A
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
N/A
N/A
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
N/A
N/A
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
Determined by Solution Needs
0
0
Development status
N/A
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Business Enterprises
Anyone
Any
Hosting Features BrainKeeper PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Storage Quota
Unlimited
No limit
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
Unlimited
No limit
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
No Restrictions
None
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
No
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements BrainKeeper PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Operating System
N/A
N/A
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
N/A
N/A
No
No
Webserver
N/A
N/A
Any, or none
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
N/A
N/A
various opt. helpers
Datastorage BrainKeeper PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Text Files
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
MySQL
N/A
N/A
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
N/A
N/A
No
Yes
Oracle
N/A
N/A
No
Yes
SQLite
N/A
N/A
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
N/A
N/A
No
Yes
RCS
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
Other
N/A
N/A
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam BrainKeeper PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support BrainKeeper PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
N/A
No
No
Code Repository
N/A
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features BrainKeeper PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features BrainKeeper PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Patch
Links BrainKeeper PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features BrainKeeper PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
Javascript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability BrainKeeper PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Yes
Statistics BrainKeeper PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
Output BrainKeeper PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files BrainKeeper PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras BrainKeeper PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples BrainKeeper PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
[[internal]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
External Link
[http://www.externallink.com]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
''italics''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
<code>monospace</code>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>below</sub>
Images
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
Aligning Text
<left>, <center>, <right>
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
Indented block
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists
# Number #1
# Number #2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# list
Definition Lists
<dl>
</dl>
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
---
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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